AnnieLaura was the author of four books, including an acclaimed biography of Arkansas Poet Laureate Lily Peter titled “A Nude Singularity: Lily Peter of Arkansas.” She had a special connection with Ms. Peter because she grew up in the same part of Eastern Arkansas.

She was an elder, choir member and sometimes organist and pianist at First Presbyterian Church in Dardanelle. Until her death she was an active philanthropist, patron of the arts and member of many civic organizations.

She also wrote a weekly column that appeared in several newspapers, including The Atkins Chronicle, the Dardanelle Post-Dispatch and the White River Journal.

She returned to college after raising her children and completed a bachelor’s degree at Arkansas Tech University and then a master’s degree at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. She returned to Russellville and taught humanities (arts and ideas) courses and philosophy courses at ATU for 24 years.

Annielaura Mixon was born on Dec. 22, 1918, in Turner, Cypert (now Philllips) County in eastern Arkansas, the daughter of Laura O. Walker and Frederick F. Mixon.

She married Carl J. Jaggers on March 3, 1940. They were married for 55 years. Following Carl’s death in 1995, she moved to Key West, Fla., where she lived for six years. A few years after returning to Dardanelle, she married Les Grady, who died in 2008.

Surviving are two children, Christiana Jaggers Rollans, married to Gary of Dardanelle and Carl Frederick Jaggers, husband of Kathy, of Fort Worth, Texas.